Last Night in Taiwan

And so it continues.

Didn't do a whole lot today, really. After a fitful night, thanks to the consumption of alcohol, I woke relatively early. Surfed for a bit, ate two Choco Pies for breakfast, showered, then Neko finally woke up. We took a while deciding what to do, but finally we were off.

Started our day over at the University area, where we went for...get this. We went to eat burritos. That's right, I came to Taiwan, to eat Americanised Mexican food. At the burrito place, there was this group of really annoying students. Honestly, they were talking at the top of their voices. The teacher in me was rather tempted to walk over to them to tell them to use their 'indoor voices'.

Anyway. Was stuffed after that, so walked around a bit. Didn't see anything worth buying, so decided to go to 101. Sadly, it was still rather cloudy - it had been raining all day - so I didn't go up. It would have been quite pointless to go up, really. What would I have seen?

So we wandered around the mall for a bit, not that we actually bought anything. I didn't much feel like shopping at the likes of Gucci and Prada. Did have a look at Coach, but they didn't have the bag that I wanted. Oh wait, we did buy something from the mall! We walked into Page One, where Neko promptly lost me. Well, I wandered off, really. I just love bookstores so much. Got me a couple books, cheaper than what I would have gotten them for back home. I did see a few other books that I want, but they were definitely pricier here.

Wandered around the shops again, but still didn't see anything I wanted to buy. I was tempted to buy a couple things from The Body Shop (one of my favourite places), but realised that it would be quite pointless. Sure, I'd save a ton of money on the products (there was a sale on), but then I'd exceed the liquid allowance for carry-on baggage, so I'd have to check my bag, which would then cost me the same ton of money I'd saved. Besides, I can get the same things back home, with a 15% discount.

We did briefly consider watching a movie, but there wasn't anything showing that either of us particularly wanted to see. Figured that hey, if we really felt like watching a movie, we have tons of movies that we can watch on Neko's computer.

Started feeling a bit hungry after, so made our way to the area near Neko's place, where we went for...get this. We went to eat Japanese food. That's right, I came to Taiwan, to eat Japanese food. At least it was more Asian than lunch!

So here I am now, in Neko's room, at Neko's computer, eating grapes and blogging. I think I'll relinquish the computer to her, while I watch movies on her eeepc, or maybe read one of the books I bought. Then again, she's playing a new game on her DS, so I might just keep on using her computer.

Last night here. I think I'm going to start packing my things tonight. That way, I don't have to rush tomorrow. At least I know if I do leave anything behind, Neko can always just mail them back to me. Neko goes back to work tomorrow; I'll be sightseeing on my own for a bit - definitely planning on 101 if the weather clears up...and maybe even if it doesn't. Neko's also roped her brother in to bring me around, so that'll be brilliant.

Alright then. Time to start packing, and then chilling out for a while more. I love being on holiday!

And so ends Day 7.